“Over the years, the PC patrol have kicked in, the woke patrol, to the point where we can’t say anything, or be ourselves,” he explained.
He also faced a backlash for saying that he was still “travelling the world” and “shaking hands” amid the pandemic.
Last year, Middleton apologised after calling Black Lives Matter protesters “scum” in a since-deleted tweet.
Middleton himself has insisted that he always planned to leave the show anyway.
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